Contributor's Note
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers, sadlle-stitched. One of 150 copies on Zerkall paper; there were another thirty deluxe copies on Tovil. More
New Arrivals
The Litany
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1999. First Edition. 8vo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers, saddle-stitched. One of 100 copies on Johannot paper; there were also thirty signed copies on Tovil. More
Dawnings
(New Rochelle, NY): James L. Weil, (1987). First Edition. 12mo, unpag. pamphlet in wrappers, saddle-stitched. A single poem printed in an edition of fifty copies as a keepsake for Bronk's longtime publisher. The typography and printing were done by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. More
The Lives; of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Hooker; Mr. George Herbert; and Dr. Robert Sanderson. With Notes, and the Life of the Author by Thomas Zouch, M.A.
York: Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman . . . 1796. 4to, frontispiece portrait of Walton; liv, [2], 518, [2]; contemporary diced calf with marbled endpapers and edges. An attractive copy of the first Zouch edition, complete with all seven engravings in addition to the frontpispiece. Bookplate of Stafford Northcote..... More
Hermann Zapf; ein Arbeitsbericht. Herausgegeben von der Lehrdruckerei der technischen Hochschule Darmstadt
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, (1984). First Edition. 4to, 177 [1]pp; blue cloth, issued without dust jacket. One of 1600 copies of this fully illustrated monograph, of which 200 were designated for the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt and the rest for members of the Maximilian-Gesellschaft. This has been nicely inscribed on pencil on the..... More
Letters; Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1796. First Edition. 8vo, (v), 262, (4, Appendix and Notes), (2, Publisher's ad listing Wollstonecraft's other books); contemporary calf, printed green spine label. More
Histoire de la Guerre Presente; Contenant Tout ce qui s'est passé de plus important en Italie, sur le Rhin, en Pologne, & dans la plupart des Cours de l'Europe. Enrichie des principaux Plans des Sieges et des Batailles
Amsterdam: Chez Francois l'Honore, 1735. First Edition. 12mo, xxvi, 447, [25]pp; seven inserted folding maps mounted on stubs; contemporary (original?) calf. Contemporary account of the War of the Polish Succession, which engulfed much of Europe between 1733-1735 in a power struggle between the Bourbons of France and Spain and the..... More
Spenser's Faerie Queene; A Poem in Six Books, with the Fragment Mutabilitie. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Pictured by Walter Crane.
London: George Allen, 1897. Six volumes. 4tos; lxxxvii, 1-248 [18], viii, 251-527 [13], viii, 529-805 [13], viii, 807-1044 [12], viii, 1045-1274 [16], viii, 1277-1546 [24]; full polished tree calf gilt with exquisitely tooled spines with red and tan leather labels, marbled endpapers; t.e.g. One of 1000 unnumbered copies on handmade..... More
Imaginary Letters
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. 8vo, 56 [4]pp; original printed wrappers. One of only 50 copies on Japan vellum and signed by Pound; there were an addition 325 copies in the regular issue. As in all of the Japan vellum copies, Pound has signed on the half..... More
Personae
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First Edition. 12mo, 59pp; original drab boards stamped in gilt. Pound's first regularly published book, preceded by two legendary rarities (A Lume Spento and A Quinzaine for This Yule); 1000 sets of sheets were printed, of which as many as half were later used for a...... More
Six French Poets; Studies in Contemporary Literature
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First Edition. 8vo, 488pp, [4pp} publisher's ads in rear; blue cloth stamped in gilt. Inscribed on the front free endpaper on Lowell's hand: "To Miss Neill, whose care & devotion have been expended to make this book what it is with gratitude from, The..... More
Autograph card signed; "A.B. Toklas"
Rome: March 18, 1961. Approx. 4 X 5-3/4 in. picture postcard with a reproduction of a painting of Rome's Spanish Steps, executed in Toklas's had in ink on one side; in mailing envelope addressed partly by hand and partly by collaging torn pieces from an envelope from the recipient. The..... More
Scrapbook of Educational Activities; Generated in M.W. Arleigh's Course
Los Angeles: 1931. 12 X 9 in. scrap of black pages bound in string-tied black embossed covers, each page and pastedown with affixed items. An enchanting group of art-related activities meant for public school children, apparently collected by a teacher who attended "Mrs. Arleigh's Course, July, Aug 1931, L.A." according..... More
Original Photograph; Day of the Dead - Mexico
1934. Original gelatin silver print, approx. 4-3/4 X 7-1/4 in. Unsigned. The print was printed close to the time that the image was taken, during Cartier-Bresson's first visit to Mexico in 1934. It depicts two standing figures in frightening costumes for Day of the Dead festivities. The print derives from..... More
The Accordion-Fold Book for The Umbrellas; Joint Project for Japan and U.S.A.
San Francisco: Bedford Arts Publishers, (1991). First Edition. 4to, unpag. in pictorial boards with printed wraparound band. Accompanied by: three posters promoting the event; printed guide/prospectus to the event, with narrative cassette tape; size XL cotton t-shirt from the event, with fabric samples from the Umbrellas pinned on; commemorative Pepsi-Cola..... More
Three original typescript poems; "Aspettando la pioggia," "Per una clinia demolita," and "Deitro Genova e altrove."
N.p. (1961). Five pages in all on plain typing paper, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Three poems that were eventually to be included in Bertolucci's most celebrated collection Viaggio d'inverno (1971); the first two here have been signed by Bertolucci, with the second of the being dated in type: "Roma..... More
Gilgamesch; eine Erzählung aus dem alten Orient. Original-Radierungen von Richard Janthur
Berlin: Verlag Fritz Gurlitt, 1919. First Edition. Folio, 50pp; frontispiece and ten additional original etchings, with decorative initials and vignettes throughout; linen-backed boards. One of 125 numbered copies (121), signed by Janthur at the colophon. Another fifty copies were divided into other deluxe issues with all the prints signed. The..... More
Hollywood Wife
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1931. First Edition. 8vo, 256pp; orange moire-cloth stamped in blue. A novel of adultery and debauchery in old Hollywood. The anonymous author was Anabel Lane, a sometime contributor to Film Mercury, a trade magazine edited by her screenwriter sister Tamar, with whom she also co-authored..... More
Facts You Should Know about Ellis E. Patterson; Candidate for United States Senator
Los Angeles: Southern California Campaign Headquarters, (1946). Bifolium approx. 4 X 9 in., printed on four sides. Campaign flyer for Patterson's unsuccessful run for an open seat after the death of Sen. Hiram Johnson. Patterson, a former Republican, became a Democrat and a converted New-Dealer, but managed to get less..... More
Elect Hal Styles
N.P. N.p., (1944). Small broadside, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side. Graphic campaign leaflet for Styles's primary campaign against the Democratic incumbent, John Costello, declaring "Reject Costello 'The Democrat who votes like a Republican.' (L.A. Daily News)" A popular radio host, Styles won the primary handily and..... More
A New Era of Housing Opportunities; [cover title]
Pacoima, Calif. Fair Housing Council of the San Fernando Valley, n.d. (1963). Folding flyer, printed on both sides of a single leaf of textured paper, approx. 8-1/2 X 12-3/4 in., and folded to make a five-page mailer. An appeal for membership from the organization founded in 1958 and still operating..... More
Are you opposed to Fascism?; [cover title]
Los Angeles: Schneiderman-Darcy Defense Committee, (1940). Bifolium, approx. 6 X 9 in., printed on four sides. An appeal for support for Samuel Adams Darcy, the prominent labor leader imprisoned on trumped-up charges. More
The Long-Legged House
New York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc., (1969). First Edition. 8vo, 213pp; green cloth. A nice copy of the first book of essays by the poet and novelist, an urtext of the modern sustainability movement -- "The moving testament of a young American citizen--poet, teacher, farmer--in a time of desctruction..... More
At the Bottom of the River
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1983). First Edition. 8vo, 82pp; half cloth and boards. Advance review copy of the author's first book, with publisher's review slip and promotional material laid in, including a two-page comment on Kincaid by Derek Walcott. More
Collected Papers; Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis
New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1958). First American edition, made from sheets from the U.K. first edition. 8vo, 350pp; cloth. More